OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Systematic Reviews is 37. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Patients’ experiences of mechanical ventilation in intensive care units in low- and lower-middle-income countries: protocol of a systematic review	168
Systematic review and meta-analysis of the safety of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine from randomized controlled trials on malarial and non-malarial conditions	162
Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of mental illness among nursing home residents	162
Correction: Do reporting guidelines have an impact? Empirical assessment of changes in reporting before and after the PRISMA extension statement for network meta-analysis	151
Efficacy and safety of acupuncture with moxibustion for knee osteoarthritis: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	131
Breathing exercises for patients with early-stage lung cancer: a meta-analysis	117
Job crafting interventions: what works, for whom, why, and in which contexts? Research protocol for a systematic review with coincidence analysis	86
Graduate and postgraduate educational challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic period: its impact and innovations—a scoping review	84
Addressing the challenges of reconstructing systematic reviews datasets: a case study and a noisy label filter procedure	82
Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) for vascular surgery: an evidence map and scoping review	81
Characteristics of interventions that address racism in the United States and opportunities to integrate equity principles: a scoping review	80
Acupuncture methods for insomnia disorder in the elderly: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis	74
Publication bias in prevalence studies should not be ignored	73
Screening for hypertension in adults: protocol for evidence reviews to inform a Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care guideline update	70
Association between frailty and clinical outcomes in patients undergoing craniotomy—systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies	66
Diagnostic accuracy of metagenomic next-generation sequencing in pulmonary tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis	64
Lack of systematicity in research prioritisation processes — a scoping review of evidence syntheses	63
Is artificial intelligence for medical professionals serving the patients?	59
Effects of Reiki therapy on quality of life: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	59
Increasing the transparency of systematic reviews: presenting a generalized registration form	59
Lapatinib and lapatinib plus trastuzumab therapy versus trastuzumab therapy for HER2 positive breast cancer patients: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis	58
Ten circumstances and solutions for finding the sample mean and standard deviation for meta-analysis	57
Where to prospectively register a systematic review	57
Barriers and facilitators to access mental health services among refugee women in high-income countries: a systematic review	52
The resilience of parents and carers who administer medicines to children at home: a qualitative systematic review protocol	51

Mind–body therapies and their interplay with the immune system in children and adolescents: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis	49
Traditional and machine learning models for predicting haemorrhagic transformation in ischaemic stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis	49
Interventions to improve referrals from primary care to outpatient specialist services for chronic conditions: a systematic review and framework synthesis update	49
Off-label use of sodium cantharidinate and vitamin B6 injection in cancer: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis	47
Dissemination of knowledge from Cochrane Public Health reviews: a bibliographic study	46
Four kinds of traditional Chinese exercise therapy in the treatment of type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and network meta-analysis	44
Residual insecticide surface treatment for preventing malaria: a systematic review protocol	42
Mesenchymal stromal/stem cell therapy for radiation-induced salivary gland hypofunction in animal models: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis	39
Acceptance and uptake of vaccines against tetanus, influenza, pertussis, and COVID-19 among pregnant and postpartum women in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis pro	39
Characteristics of interprofessional rehabilitation programs for patients with chronic low back pain evaluated in the literature: a scoping review protocol	38
Immunotherapy for people with clinically isolated syndrome or relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: treatment response by demographic, clinical, and biomarker subgroups (PROMISE)—a systematic review	38
Oral health effects of non-combustible nicotine products: protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis	37
The association of social networks and depression in community-dwelling older adults: a systematic review	37